BLACKIRON Data is in the news again. This time it’s because the datacenter provider is renewing it’s commitment to environmental responsibility. Here’s a snippet from their press release:
“At BLACKIRON we recognize that data centres can be taxing on the environment,” says Jennifer Bell, Director of Marketing, BLACKIRON Data. “We are constantly identifying ways to offset or reduce the environmental impact of our facilities across Canada while also helping our customers achieve their own eco-friendly objectives.”
On April 23 and 24, BLACKIRON has partnered with Artex Environmental to provide eWaste collections at four of its data centres across the country. Customers and employees are invited to drop-off retired and obsolete electronic waste, from servers to cell phones and everything in between, at BLACKIRON’s Toronto DC3 (Markham), London, Ottawa andEdmonton facilities.
“What company doesn’t have a pile of outdated equipment hiding somewhere?” states Bell. “Our eWaste collection drives make it simple for our customers and employees to do a little spring cleaning while ensuring that their eWaste will be disposed of in a safe, secure and responsible manner.”
eWaste is major issue as none of this stuff is nice towards the environment. The fact that BLACKIRON Data is stepping up to do something about this says that they’re trying to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. That’s not a surprise seeing as they’ve proven that they are very friendly toward the environment. Good on them!
Oh, there’s one other piece of news. The company was acquired by Rogers on the 17th:
The purchase of BLACKIRON Data enables Rogers Business Solutions’ to enhance its suite of enterprise-level data centre and cloud computing services along with Canada’s leading fibre-based network connectivity services. Canadian businesses will benefit from a single provider able to ensure end-to-end security and reliability of mission-critical business applications.
Let’s hope that this doesn’t change any of the things that make BLACKIRON Data different from the rest.
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BLACKIRON Data Renews Commitment To Environmental Responsibility…. And Gets Acquired
BLACKIRON Data is in the news again. This time it’s because the datacenter provider is renewing it’s commitment to environmental responsibility. Here’s a snippet from their press release:
“At BLACKIRON we recognize that data centres can be taxing on the environment,” says Jennifer Bell, Director of Marketing, BLACKIRON Data. “We are constantly identifying ways to offset or reduce the environmental impact of our facilities across Canada while also helping our customers achieve their own eco-friendly objectives.”
On April 23 and 24, BLACKIRON has partnered with Artex Environmental to provide eWaste collections at four of its data centres across the country. Customers and employees are invited to drop-off retired and obsolete electronic waste, from servers to cell phones and everything in between, at BLACKIRON’s Toronto DC3 (Markham), London, Ottawa andEdmonton facilities.
“What company doesn’t have a pile of outdated equipment hiding somewhere?” states Bell. “Our eWaste collection drives make it simple for our customers and employees to do a little spring cleaning while ensuring that their eWaste will be disposed of in a safe, secure and responsible manner.”
eWaste is major issue as none of this stuff is nice towards the environment. The fact that BLACKIRON Data is stepping up to do something about this says that they’re trying to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. That’s not a surprise seeing as they’ve proven that they are very friendly toward the environment. Good on them!
Oh, there’s one other piece of news. The company was acquired by Rogers on the 17th:
The purchase of BLACKIRON Data enables Rogers Business Solutions’ to enhance its suite of enterprise-level data centre and cloud computing services along with Canada’s leading fibre-based network connectivity services. Canadian businesses will benefit from a single provider able to ensure end-to-end security and reliability of mission-critical business applications.
Let’s hope that this doesn’t change any of the things that make BLACKIRON Data different from the rest.
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